Herodes

See also: herodes and Heródes

Catalan

Proper noun

Herodes m

  1. Herod

Czech

Proper noun

Herodes m

  1. Herod

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek Ἡρῴδης (Hērṓidēs).

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Hērōdēs m (genitive Hērōdis); third declension

  1. A freedman of Atticus.
    • 68–43 BC, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Epistulae ad Atticum in M. Tulli Ciceronis Epistulae I: Epistulae ad Familiares (1901), ed. Louis Claude Purser, book VI, letter i, § 25:
      et heus tu! †genuarios† a Caesare per Herodem talenta Attica L extorsistis?
  2. Any one of several potentates of the Herodian dynasty, who held power to varying degrees in the Herodian Kingdom of Israel and its successor states from 37 BC until circa AD 93.
    • For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:Herodes.
  3. Herodes Atticus (AD 101–177)

Declension

Third declension i-stem.

Case Singular
nominative Hērōdēs
genitive Hērōdis
dative Hērōdī
accusative Hērōdem
ablative Hērōde
vocative Hērōdēs

Derived terms

References

  • Hērōdes in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Herodes in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Portuguese

Proper noun

Herodes m

  1. Herod (king of Israel during Biblical times)

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin Hērōdēs, from Ancient Greek Ἡρώδης (Hērṓdēs)

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [e̞ˈɾo̞.ð̞e̞s]

Proper noun

Herodes m

  1. Herod (king)
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